MEPIS on Acer 3002 LCi - help with wireless?
Picked up a nice used Acer 3002LCi over the weekend, but its a bit above and beyond the regular model: Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz, vs. 1.6 originally) and a DL DVD writer. :)
Everything is going* using my MEPIS 3.3.1 distro except the wireless (and the extra buttons...). I had trouble with the NIC initially, but I fixed it somehow (either via apt-get updates (usb adapter) or through trying to get my wireless working...) Anyone have experience with a Broadcom 4400 internal wireless card? I tried running Code:
ndiswrapper -i windriver.inf Code:
ndiswrapper -m I am new to ndiswrapper, and I hear its a dirty way to go, but internal wireless sounds nicer than buying a new external wireless card or usb stick. Any ideas or experience with this Broadcom? FYI, Acer loads "Linpus Linux" on the machines sold in Asia; I cannot seem to get a real distro (the live CD boots into a command line and startx doesn't work; i get lost at that point) but the source code is available: http://www.linpus.com.tw/Downloads/default.htm might I find useful things there? *yeah I'll do a HCL writeup! |
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have you used the iwtools (iwlist, iwconfig, iwspy)? Note: a search of LQ, using "broadcom 4400 wireless" as the term gave 12 threads. Though none are specific to MEPIS there will likely be clues in there for you. There is even an ndiswrapper HOWTO to check your method against. I was sceptical about your card at first - I thought the Broadcom 4400 was a 10/100 wired ethernet controller. if all else fails, you could try the linuxant wrapper. |
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ok i guess i have more digging to do. thanks! anyone else have ideas or experience with this laptop, lemme know! |
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